They were much more proper and formal than I turned out to be. We just call it Aunt Marian’s Thanksgiving Cranberry Jello now. Wow did I come near to a panic when I couldn’t find the recipe this morning! This is definitely a ‘fruity meal’ in a dish.

6 oz. raspberry or cherry jello

3 oz. lemon jello

2-1/2 cup water

1-1/2 cup orange juice

2 cups fresh cranberries, chopped

2 oranges, peeled and chopped small

1 cup diced celery

1 cup chopped pecans

And then on the Smith (maternal) side of my family are my left-handed grandmother’s yummy Butterhorn Rolls. (Aside: I am also left-handed and I was named for her. Her maiden name was Blythe. Yes, I feel special!) I remember helping her make our Thanksgiving or Christmas rolls in her ‘gigantic kitchen’ as a child.

“Pop” was a Presbyterian minister and “Mom” often played the piano. This photo is inside Park Presbyterian Church in Streator (where I was born). I’m pretty sure that I’m about the age now that Mom was in this photo. My how styles and generations have changed!

And sampling the uncooked dough. Ahhhhhh. The best! I visited their Streator, Illinois home during a cross-country trip in August 2008 and was allowed to go inside. That kitchen? It was not gigantic! But it was full of “Mom’s” rolls and “Pop’s” Black Cows, aka root beer floats.

Check out the ‘how-to’ of the recipes here. (I AM WORKING ON THIS LINK! I don’t know what’s wrong.) And I’ll add some photos on Thanksgiving Eve when I make ours. We’ll be taking them to my daughter and son-in-law’s home for our very extended family feast. There will be 21 people ranging from 4 to 70, including her in-laws who will be coming from Georgia.

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